Push crumb-tray.



G. F. M'AIDENS.

PUSH URUMB TRAY. APPLICATION FILED MAILZ 1914..

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GEORGE E. FIAKDENS,

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QRUMB-STIEAY.

Specification of Letters E'acent.

lgaeented Ma 23, 915.

Application filed arch 2, 3.91.34. Eerie]. No. 821,574.

residing at Lolumbus, in she county of Franklin and State of Ohio, lieve invented certainnmv and useful Improvements in Push Crumb-Trays, of which the following is a specification. The present invention relates to in'i oi'cvemoms in crumb trays, pai'ticulai'ly designed to clear the crun'ibs from a table cover after a meal, but it will of course be understood that the device may be used for similar purposes in oilier circumstances.

The primary object of the invention is fab pr VZSlOYi of a simple but ielfcc bive device .by means of which :(EllllbS and oibei' particles of food may be a niclciyclcaz'ed, as by a scoop, from the sable cover after a meal, the result effected with one band only. The device is comparatively inexpensive in cost, simple in construction, and is not likely to become deranged or inoperative from frequent use.

The invention consistsessentislly in the combination with the or receptacle of a freely rotatable and yieldingly supported member operating in from?) of the advancing tray, and in certain novel features of con" struction and coinbin ions and arrangements of parts as beirpaneftei set forth and claimed.

In the zicccmoaiiyin illustrated one complete example, and a. modification thereof, shoving the besi modes I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan vie-w of a tray eccord- -i 2 is a vertical e: drevvings i have sectional view. 3 a

Fig. 2, but with the rotatable member omitted. Fig. 4 Sl'lG'WS ilic trey section with an accumulation of crib tee-rein and the retatable member in ncsi'aion to prevent exit or spilling of the crumbs from the tray. Fig. 5 shows in seeiion a modified form of yieldable suoporl: Sci? the rotatable member 01 roller. Fig: is a plan view of a portion of the tray showing the yielding support of Fig. 5.

In the preferred embodimentof invention as shown in l 1 to 4. inclusive the tray is of usual or accepted type with the bo'tom 1, Walls 2 and handle 3, but the front ends 4: of the side walls 2 provide ex tensions which project beyond the front similar beveled scraping edge 5 of the tray bottom, as clearly seen in the drawings and especially ,Fig. 3. These extensions are each fashioned with a vertically extending slot 6 and an outwardly turned flange 7 which fo 'i'ns a runner -to pass smoothly over the siii'face to be ci'unibed. The vertically extending slots are designed to provide bearings for the pins or pintles 8 8 projecting from the ends of the rotatable member "QI iIf OllGX 9, and it will be seen that this memaberis yieldingly. journaled in its bearings because of the ample spaccin the slots for dfilie pins or pintles by which it is supported.

l'ba've illustrated the rotatable member as a cylindrical, smooth, roller made of suitable material, but it will be evident that this revcluble member may be of suitable shape and conformation, or it may be a brush made up of bristles, etc.

In lieu of suspending" the roller on its journals in the slots of the extension, it may be yieldingly supported on the pivoted arms 10 of the tray as seen in Figs. 5 and 6, and when so journaled the roller may be turned on the pivots backward to inoperative po sition when required.

When using the device it is preferably lei lice up to an angle less than 45 with the scrapingedge 5 in contact with the surface to be cleaned and the roller yieldinglyresting upon the scitiece. The handle is grasped and. the tray is advanced by hand across ilie surface, and she yielding roller, as it passes over the crumbs, is rotated and lifted .uniil it confines a certain amount of matcmovement away from such edge. In this manner the roller is constantly vibrating as ism-hates and encounters crumbs; andfoi this reason it should be suficlently light in Weight as not to mash the particles or] crumbs too much, yet at; the same time of specific gravity" great enough to liold it against, excessive bounciin or undue "vibration. In Fig. 4 the tray is illustrated filled with crumbs and the roller is in assumed normal position to prevent spillingof the acc'umulaized particles.

Having thus fully described my invention, v ,i u

ivliat l cleim'is 4 l. in combination Witll a, scraping pick-v up blade, 9. graviiy' roller mounted oncnd merit ish'l-abiy d in 0*:er1am3ing ralatim in 7 ie and adapted to ass mm prevent return. of fie matey-1:1

up he blade is lifted.

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